Magnon scattering and transduction in Coulomb-coupled quantum Hall ferromagnets
Abstract
The magnetization field of a quantum Hall ferromagnet (QHFM) can host a variety of spin textures, including skyrmions and magnons. When projected into the lowest Landau level with filling, the topological (Pontryagin) charge density of the magnetization field is proportional to the electric charge density, allowing for long-range spin-spin interactions. Inspired by recent experimental developments that enable all-electrical generation and detection of magnons, in this work we theoretically demonstrate two phenomena that can occur due to Coulomb interactions that are unique to QHFMs: magnons can scatter off of point charges at a distance, and skyrmions can act as transmitters and receivers for magnons to be transduced between separate layers of a bilayer QHFM. The latter Coulomb-mediated spin drag effect occurs at arbitrary distance and could facilitate long-range magnonics, such as detection of spin waves for future experiments in 2D materials.
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@article{arxiv.2510.18974,
title = {Magnon scattering and transduction in Coulomb-coupled quantum Hall ferromagnets},
author = {Alexander Canright and Deepak Iyer and Matthew S. Foster},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.18974},
year = {2026}
}
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12 pages, 9 figures